Egg-box.



J. E. GAVIN.

EGG BOX. APPLICATION FlL ED JAN. 12, ISIS.

1,180,136. I v Patented Ap1'.18,l9l6.. I

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EGGBOX.

4 APPLICATION FILED. JAN- 12 l9l5- I 1,180,136. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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To allwhom itmaycdncem: the flapso are folded on the line b.v The p Be it known that1'I;*Jo N E RD GAVIN, end flaps 7 are then folded on the dotted a citi-zen of theUnitedStates,residingat lines c, thus bringing the eggpapertures "(Z V Bulfalo, in 'theeounty of Erie and Stateof into alinement in the top an d bottOm of New Yorkyhaye ini 'e'nted certain new and the box. I a c r f useful Iinp'rovements in Egg-Boxes and -I .In packing the eggs inthe casefl, two egg do h r by c l r' l i lfd ii'i gi b lll, boxes may befplaced at the bottom ofthe clear, and exact'des criptionof the intention, box and then the eggsje are lplac'ed in the i v such as ill'enableotheis skilled inthe art: openings (Z in :the lowerboxes, after,wliich 10' to which itfappertainsto make and usethe another; box is placed on topijof the eggs, same, I I if i Q p i as shown in -Fig.,1 of the drawingsandgsb This invention relates to egg boxes and ,onuntil the case is filledfand' the eoverjsu one of theiprincipalobjects of the invention are folded over on the top of the u p r is to ii-(wide,simple'ineansfor shipping eggs layer of boxes and to provide meansfwhereby the eggs nay From the foregoing itwill Be'obviousthat; be easilypacked in cases to be safely shipped, in order to remove theeggs fronrthe ease, 1 and which, will provide .complete \"entilathe upper boxes are 'reniovechfthen th'eggs tion of the egg shells and willpermit the may be removed singly! Inpackingthejeggsj;6B eggs to be easily removed from the case in the cases, the lower boxes are first place ing the egg boxes. in the case and the eggs are ..then placed in The foregoing and'other objects may be the apertures (Z and the upper boxes. then attained byjmeansof the construction illusplaced in .position, and so on 'until, the case trated in the" accompanying drawings, in is filled. which i i Q. Various changes may bemade in the de-f Figure 1 a sectional View taken through tails of construction without departingfi'om an egg case and showing a nuinber of egg the spirit and scope ofthe-inventionasjde boxes and eggs in theica'se, Fig. 2 is a top plan fined in the claim. i

'- \iew otthe.bl'anl ;'for-making the egg box, \Vhat is claimed is 1 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the eggfbox v An egg crate adapted to receive anu Fig.4 is a top .ber ofegg holding boxes, said boxesbeing plan View of the eigg'ease opened out fol-the formed with back walls.;-front;,top andybot j receptioneggs.'iI tom fniembers and end flaps, th e ltop {and Referring to .the'drawings, the numeral -1 bottom 'all'sof the egg boxes providedwith I designates as anentirety an egg'case, prefera plurality of spaced openings aliningcwith ably inadefrom a single piece 'ofpapen stock one another, said'boxes adaptedtovbe placed or corrugated paper board 't'olded into form one, upon the other; the disposed be-a ot' a case of the requiredrsize to carry a certween the bottom wall ofone' box and? the tain numbero'f'egg'boxes. said case having top wall of the adjacent box holding lthe end fiapssecuredlby fastener 2 to the sides trays a spaced distanceapart when plaeedj 40 of the boXandtl e-ends of the box having :within the egg case. the end and sidet'rhm' extensions 3 which form'eovers when folded bers'ofthe bones holding the top hndbot inwardly. f 1 y I tom walls of said boxes aspaeed distance; The egg boxesvare formed from a single apart to prevent the eggs from engagingcone. blank of paperrorjipziperfstock board andv another. I l f f comprise the back-4; the trontwfiaps 5, the In testimony whereof l' ailixjmy signature topanchbottoun u'ieinbers ffi and the end 1 x flaps 7. Theboxisitoldedonthe lines a and JOHN EDXVARD GAVI 

